Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Campground

All camp sites are under the forest canopy, which is amazing for temperature and is all-around beautiful. It is a very pretty area.

The site was mostly level and required very little adjusting.

The sites are narrow and many are also very short. In #43, I had a hard time getting my 23' trailer and my truck inside the boundaries of the site. There was not room to open my canopy, but it was also so shaded that it wasn't needed.

There was no cellular connectivity on T-Mobile or AT&T, even with a booster.

The first thing that threw me was that the visitor's center had no sign saying it was in fact the visitor's center and campers should stop and register. It looks like a generic facilities building and I drove right past it looking for an office. The site I had (16) was paved and level. There is water and electricity at each site and a dump station available. There is no cell or internet service. I have a satellite GPS that worked so satellite internet might work. My visit was in February so there were no bugs, poison ivy or leaves. The restrooms and showers are very dated and somewhat grungy - but they work.

The park was approximately 30 minutes from the Memphis sites I wanted to visit - Graceland, the Civil Rights Museum, and Sun records - which made the stay very reasonable.

The park itself is dated, but mostly well-kept. It is very beautiful - the dense tree canopy kept everything in the shade throughout the day. But be warned - lots of poison ivy and an army of bugs. These bugs do not care if you have spray or anything else - you are their target and they are successful in their attacks. If you look at the geography of the site and the surrounding area you'll understand why it's so bad, so I would advise staying away in any of the summer/early fall months. Note: Zero Wifi and no Verizon connection, so if you need either of these this is not the place to stay - I had to drive 5-7 minutes away from the site before my Verizon connected.

Loved the park on arrival. Huge, great canopy, beautiful forest, deer, tons of space and privacy between sites, very rugged and outdoorsy. Then we stepped outside. Bugs and poison ivy everywhere, as in every camping site! These bugs don’t care about thermacell or DEET - they will lick it off of you like salt before drinking you up like a tequila shot. Facilities are pretty beat up but not nasty. We would come back but probably early spring when heat, bugs, and poison Ivy are in check. Oh, most sites are short, narrow and uneven, so better suited for smaller rigs.

Very nice park. Sites are fairly nicely spaced but designed before RVs had slide-outs. On my site (24) I had to get over on the right side to have enough room for the slide to clear the pedestal. That put my steps past the edge of the pad - which wouldn't be a problem except that the pad was about 8-10 inches higher than the rest of the site, so I had about an 18 inch drop from my bottom step. This seems to be more of a problem on the sites on the small loops off the main loop.

Otherwise, it's a beautiful park. Pretty lake with ramp access, nice for kayaking. There is quite a bit of hiking and much of it is up and down fairly steep gullies - you'll get a workout.

Camp host (Paul) came around to check on me and tell me where everything was - very friendly.

We visited mid March so no mosquitoes. Very thick and beautiful Tennessee woods with a boat ramp at the Mississippi River 9 miles through beautiful forest. The facilities are fine and clean (you’re not staying at the stinking Radisson) There is NO signal, but the friendly Visitor Center offers free Wi-Fi so you can do your business there. Beautifully remote- knocked off one star for fire ring completely full of ash and after mentioning it the first day-no one came to clean it

This is a beautiful spot, the sites are nice and spacious, great fire rings and picnic tables. But believe the reviews, not the coverage maps, there is NO cell service. We have all 3 major carriers, antennas and boosters and as soon as you go down into the campground all service is gone. They do have a phone at the bathhouse if you need to make a call.

Our site (32) was great for our 39' fifth wheel, with plenty of room for parking our truck and extra vehicle. Easy to navigate just follow the signs to the campground. Visitor center was nice and staff very helpful, they do have wifi you can use there.

While it was a nice campground we need internet to work so we wouldn't stay here again.

Spent one night here at site 49 on the way to Texas. Sites have 30 amp and 50 amp hook ups and water. Dump station available. Playground and primitive camping. Sites are well spaced and most are easy to back in.

If you have a big rig be careful as most Sites are better suited for 24feet or less, but big rigs can easily drive through. We chose site 49 was was a super easy back in with our 29 foot travel trailer.

Followed others suggestions and approached from the south.

No Verizon at all.